KHS to be Open MLK Day for Special Activities

The Kentucky Historical Society, normally closed on Mondays, will mark Martin Luther King Jr. Day with special hours on Jan. 15 and activities for all ages designed to celebrate King’s legacy, explore African American contributions to Kentucky history, encourage community service and promote peace. KHS also will launch a new photo exhibit chronicling several of the commonwealth’s African American communities.

“Photographing Freetowns: African American Kentucky through the Lens of Helen Balfour Morrison, 1935-1946.”

This adaptation of the Chicago Newberry Library’s exhibit of the same name features a collection of Morrison’s photographs documenting African American life in 1930s and 1940s Kentucky. Her work reveals the dignity, independence and strength of the close-knit descendants of the freedmen who settled these towns in the decades following the Civil War. The exhibit will run through Oct. 20.